linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] 9p: Add mempools for RPCs

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Date:   Sun, 3 Jul 2022 23:52:58 -0400
From:   Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
To:     Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
Cc:     Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
        Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] 9p: Add mempools for RPCs

On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 12:38:46PM +0900, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> > @@ -270,10 +276,8 @@ p9_tag_alloc(struct p9_client *c, int8_t type, unsigned int max_size)
> >  	if (!req)
> >  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> >  
> > -	if (p9_fcall_init(c, &req->tc, alloc_msize))
> > -		goto free_req;
> > -	if (p9_fcall_init(c, &req->rc, alloc_msize))
> > -		goto free;
> > +	p9_fcall_init(c, &req->tc, 0, alloc_msize);
> > +	p9_fcall_init(c, &req->rc, 1, alloc_msize);
> 
> 
> mempool allocation never fails, correct?
> 
> (don't think this needs a comment, just making sure here)

As long as GFP_WAIT is included, yes

> This all looks good to me, will queue it up in my -next branch after
> running some tests next weekend and hopefully submit when 5.20 opens
> with the code making smaller allocs more common.

Sounds good!